Chris has been tutoring our two sons for over three years now, with our older son successfully passing the 11+ exam for Hampton School. Chris is a gifted teacher and dedicated professional who deeply cares about his students and works hard to make their learning journeys as positive, rewarding and engaging as possible (including - and especially - since the move to online teaching in 2020). He really seeks to understand how a student absorbs knowledge, what interests they have, and how new materials can be linked to or explained in the context of these interests. Our sons both enjoyed working with him tremendously. He is always calm and focused, with a sense of humour, and has an unshakable belief in the capacity of his students to learn and excel, even in areas that they may initially find hard.
But Chris not only coaches and supports the students. He does the same for the parents (who often tend to find the 11+ process equally stressful and exhausting). He always keeps a positive lookout, provides detailed feedback on the progress a student is making, and devises tailored exercises to help the student in areas that need further attention. He is very generous with his time to answer any questions that parents may have, researches updated or previous exam papers from different schools, or comes up with his own exercises that are similar to the type of test a target school may set.
We could not have expected any better experience of a tutor working with our two kids and with us as parents - and can only recommend him in the highest terms.

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